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On Tuesday night, CPJ honored four courageous journalists
with the 2013 International Press Freedom Awards. The gala dinner, at New York's
Waldorf-Astoria hotel, raised more than $1.65 million for CPJ's worldwide press
freedom advocacy.

It's by far the dullest space in the newspaper: Every day in
El
Universo, Ecuador's leading daily, readers can find eight small photos
and news blurbs summing up the activities of the eight presidential candidates.
The articles are the same size and blocked together in a layout that resembles
a tic-tac-toe game, minus the ninth square.

On September 11, 2012, the Ecuadoran government interrupted
a morning newscast on the Teleamazonas TV station for an official bulletin. What
could be so urgent? A coup d'etat? An earthquake? A cholera outbreak?

One
result of President Rafael Correa's high-profile campaign to demonize the
country's private media can be seen on the desk of José Velásquez, news manager
at Teleamazonas, a private Quito television station often critical of the
government. Among the documents piled high on his desk are lawsuits, which used
to be a rare thing. Encouraged by Correa, who has personally sued
newspapers and journalists, Velásquez says, the subjects of Teleamazonas news
reports are now filing between two and five lawsuits per month against the
station.

New
York, September 20, 2012--Ecuadoran authorities must immediately investigate
threats against Janet Hinostroza, a journalist with the private network
Teleamazonas, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The threats have
forced Hinostroza to take a temporary leave of absence.

New
York, February 2, 2011--Ecuadoran authorities interrupted a news program
critical of the Ecuadoran government on Monday to air an official rebuttal, a
practice that has become standard in the administration of President Rafael
Correa, according to research by the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ
calls on Ecuadoran authorities to stop this practice, which has a chilling
effect on public discourse.

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New York, October 1,
2010--As a police rebellion threw Ecuador into chaos on Thursday, the government
of President Rafael Correa ordered local radio and TV stations to interrupt
programming and carry state news broadcasts. A dozen reporters were injured covering
the police revolt. Today, the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the
government's censorship of broadcast media and called on local authorities to
investigate and prosecute those responsible for attacks on journalists.